COMMON BREAD WHEAT 303 



8. Hongrie Rouge. A distinct, long-glumed early form received from 

 France. It comes into ear at Reading about the end of May. 



Young shoots , prostrate. 



Strata, stout, tall, 137 cm. (54 inches) high ; leaves yellowish-green. 

 Ear, 9-10-5 cm. long, 18-20 mm. across the face, 22 mm. across the side ; 

 spikelets 25, large, overlapping each other ; D = 24 (Ear type 2, Fig. 185). 

 Empty glume, n mm. long, apical tooth blunt, short. 

 Grain, flinty, 6-5 mm. long, 3-75 mm. broad, 3-1 mm. thick (7, Fig. 166). 



9. Teverson. A prolific late wheat, grown in England and parts of France 

 and Germany. It comes into ear at Reading about June 18. 



Young shoots, prostrate. 



Strata, stout, tall, 127 cm. (about 50 inches) high ; leaves glaucous. 



Ear, dense, 8-9 cm. long, 15 mm. across the face, 10 mm. across the side ; 

 upper spikelets with awns about i cm. long ; spikelets 22-24 I D = 27-30 (Ear 

 type 2, Fig. 188). 



Empty glume, 9 mm. long (6, 22, Fig. 166). 



Grain, semi-flinty, plump, 6-8 mm. long, 3-75 mm. broad, 3 mm. thick. 



Similar to it are Squarehead's Blaster, English Standard Bed, and Red 

 Standup. Red Criewener from Austria (glume form 7, Fig. 166) also resembles 

 these forms, but is about a week earlier. 



Browick is a similar prolific wheat, with denser and somewhat shorter cars. 



It was foftnd in 1844 among Annat wheat by R. Banham on his farm at 

 Browick, near Wymondham, Norfolk. 



The name Browick is sometimes erroneously applied to Squarehead wheat, 

 a form of var. lutescens of similar ear-density. 



10. Kwang Ton mai. A distinct form received from Chungking, China. 

 It yields a large number of small grains and is very early, coming into ear at 

 Reading about May 20. 



Young shoots, erect. 



Straw, stiff, of medium height, 85-95 cm. (33-38 inches) hiph ; leaves 

 yellowish-preen. 



Ear, dense, 8-5 cm. long, 15 mm. across the face, 10 mm. across the side ; 

 spikelets 22, well filled, frequently containing 5 grains in each (Kar type i, Fig. 

 186). In some ears the density is uniform (I) 23), in others the lower half is 

 lax and the upper part densely crowded (i. Fig. 189). 



Empty glume, thin, broad, 8-9 rum. long, with prominent keel from apex to 

 base and a fine awn 3-5 mm. long (3, 5, Fig. 166). 



Grain, dark red with bluntish apex, flinty, small; 5-7 mm. lonp, 3-6 mm. 

 broad, 2-8 mm. thick. 



Closely allied to this form is Kyu Shu from Japan. 



Ear beardless ; glumes red, pubescent ; grain white. 



T. vulgare, var. Delfii, Korn. Handb. J. Cetr. i. 46 (1885). 

 A comparatively rare variety confined to warm countries, being obtained 

 only from India, Khorasan (Persia), Egypt, South Africa, and California. 



